ESFHS Study Day and AGM Saturday 30 March 2019
An all-day event at Lingfield & Dormansland Community Centre, High Street, Lingfield, Surrey RH7 6AB. Reluctantly, we will be making a small charge for attendance at the study day this year to cover the cost of the venue; £3 for members and £5 for non-members. There is no charge for attending just the AGM. The theme this year is Researching before 1837
10.40 Going back even further with Jane Lewis of Surrey History Centre Using and interpreting legal documents for family history, including wills, marriage settlements and manorial records. What records there are, where to find them and why family historians should think about using them.
12.00 Reading old documents with Elizabeth Danbury with particular reference to genealogical research
14.00 Population lists before the Victorian censuses with Ian Waller pre 1841 censuses, militia lists and other ways of locating ancestors
15.30 ESFHS AGM
Our Bookstall and Help Desk will be there all day.
Newspapers for family history
Newspapers can not only reveal unknown details of your ancestors, but also put some flesh on their otherwise dry bones
Ian Waller